How to connect Mapbox to Claude Cowork

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Mapbox account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to batch geocode these 10 addresses, get directions from Times Square to JFK, reverse geocode this latitude and longitude, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Mapbox to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Mapbox account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Mapbox or give it any Mapbox-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Batch geocode these 10 addresses"
  • "Get directions from Times Square to JFK"
  • "Reverse geocode this latitude and longitude"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Mapbox account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Mapbox through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Mapbox MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Mapbox MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Mapbox account. It provides structured and secure access to your mapping and location data, so your agent can perform actions like geocoding addresses, calculating travel routes, retrieving map embeds, and analyzing travel matrices on your behalf.

  • Batch and individual geocoding: Instantly convert addresses or place names to geographic coordinates—or reverse geocode coordinates to place names—using both batch and individual tools.
  • Route and directions retrieval: Let your agent fetch optimized driving, walking, or cycling directions between waypoints, including turn-by-turn instructions when needed.
  • Distance and travel time analysis: Have the agent generate travel time and distance matrices to compare routes or plan logistics across multiple locations.
  • Map style embed generation: Retrieve ready-to-use embeddable HTML for your custom Mapbox map styles, perfect for sharing or displaying maps in web apps.
  • Permanent geocoding and font data retrieval: Access enterprise-grade, cacheable geocoding data or fetch font glyph ranges for custom rendering and advanced mapping use cases.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Batch GeocodingTool to perform batch forward or reverse geocoding for multiple locations.
Forward GeocodingTool to convert free-form or structured address into geographic coordinates and place features.
Permanent Forward GeocodingTool to perform permanent forward geocoding.
Permanent Reverse GeocodingTool to perform permanent reverse geocoding.
Reverse GeocodingTool to reverse geocode coordinates into place names.
Get Access TokenTool to extract and validate mapbox access token from connection metadata.
Request Style Embed HTMLTool to retrieve embeddable html for a mapbox style.
Retrieve DirectionsTool to retrieve directions between waypoints.
Retrieve Font Glyph RangesTool to retrieve font glyph ranges as pbf tiles.
Retrieve MatrixTool to retrieve a travel time and distance matrix.
Retrieve StyleTool to retrieve a mapbox style json.
Retrieve Style WMTSTool to retrieve a wmts document for a mapbox style.
Retrieve Tileset MetadataTool to retrieve metadata for a mapbox tileset.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Mapbox MCP?

With a standalone Mapbox MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Mapbox tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Mapbox and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Mapbox tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Mapbox while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Mapbox scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Mapbox data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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